Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Dr. Shahira Morsy Elshafie Morsy

Contact Information
Phone number : 084 6300587
Fax number: 084 6302350
E-mail Address: sms00@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Faculty of Medicine
Post Address: El-Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Medicine - Clinical and Chemical Pathology Department - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
M.B.B.Ch.: Faculty of Medicine - Cairo University - 1984
M.Sc.: Clinical and Chemical Pathology - Faculty of Medicine - Cairo University - 1991
M.D.: Clinical and Chemical Pathology - Faculty of Medicine - Cairo University - 1996
Academic Positions
Lecturer: from 2000 to 2002
Assistant Professor: from 2002 to 2008
Professor: from 2008 up till now
Academic Rank
Vice Dean for Community Service and Environment Development from 2007 to 2010
Vice Dean for Post-graduate Studies and Research from 2010 to 2011
Deputy Director of Projects Unit for International Cooperation Affairs from 2014 to 2016
Chair of Clinical and Chemical Pathology Department Board from 2016 to 2021
Director of the Epidemic Control Center from 2020 to 2021
Research Interests
Clinical and chemical pathology
Hematology
Haemostasis
Medical education
Publication List
Multiplex PCR analysis of stem cell product for detection of minimal residual disease (MDR) in ALL and NHL: Effect on graft outcome. Egyptian Journal of Laboratory Medicine (2003); Vol. (15), No. (2)
Effect of renal failure and hemodialysis on some procoagulant aspects of hemostasis. The Journal of the Egyptian Society of Haematology and Research (2006); Vol. (2), No. (1)
Factor FVII Arg 353 Gln polymorphism and its relevance to ischemic complications following coronary catheter interventions. The Journal of the Egyptian Society of Haematology and Research (2006); Vol (2), No. (1)
Epilepsy, hyperhomocysteinemia and mutant methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene. Egypt J. Neurol. Psychiat. Neurosurg. (2006);Vol. 43 (2): 495 - 505
Platelet glycoprotein [GPIIIA] gene polymorphism and aspirin resistance in patients with cerebrovascular accidents. The Medical Journal of Cairo University (2007); Vol. (75), No. (2) (Suppl. II)
Study of β-thalassemia mutations using the polymerase chain reaction-amplification refractory mutation system and direct DNA sequencing techniques in a group of Egyptian thalassemia patients. Hemoglobin (2007); 31(1): 63 - 69. DOI:10.1080/03630260601057104
Thrombophilia in patients with cryptogenic stroke. The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry (2008); 45 (2): 549 - 560
Role of interleukin 6 and alpha-globulins in differentiating alzheimer and vascular dementias. Neurodegenerative Diseases (2012); 9(2): 81 - 86. DOI: 10.1159/000329568
Circulating Micro-Particles as potential hemostatic biomarkers for cerebrovascular ischemic infarction. The Journal of the Egyptian Society of Hematology and research (2012); 8 (1): 21 - 26
Combining serology and molecular typing of weak D role in improving D typing strategy in Egypt. Transfusion) 2013); 53: 2940 – 2944. DOI:10.1111/trf.12100
The expression of IL-7RA in Egyptian patients with multiple sclerosis . Comparative Clinical Pathology (2015); 24 (5): 1223 - 1230. DOI: 10.1007/s00580-015-2064-5
Study of red blood cell alloimmunization risk factors in multiply transfused thalassemia patients: role in improving thalassemia transfusion practice in Fayoum, Egypt. Transfusion (2016); 56: 2303 - 2307. DOI: 10.1111/trf.13695
The relationship between anemia, serum hepcidin levels, and chronic hepatitis C in chronic hemodialysis patients. The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine ( 2017); 29 (3): 112 - 116
Reform Strategies of Medical Education in Egypt. Fayoum University Medical Journal (2018); 1 (1): 24 - 27. DOI: 10.21608/fumj.2018.5495
Relation between red blood cell distribution width and left ventricular function in acute coronary syndrome patients. Fayoum University Medical Journal (2018): 1 (2): 19 - 35. DOI: 10.21608/fumj.2018.31293
Assessment of serum level of vitamin D in infants and children with Down syndrome. Middle East Journal of Medical Genetics (2018); 7 (2): 104 - 111. DOI: 10.4103/MXE.MXE_10_18
A study of transfusion related adverse events in Fayoum University Hospitals, Egypt: Hemovigilence initiative: PB2446. HemaSphere (2019); 3 (S1):1083. DOI: 10.1097/01.HS9.0000568244.62280.16
Interleukin-1 β-511 and interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms in Egyptian children with febrile seizures. Journal of American Science (2019); 15 (10): 92 - 97. DOI: 10.7537/marsjas151019.12
Clinically significant red cell antigen phenotypes in Fayoum University Hospital blood donors. Fayoum University Medical Journal (2020); 5 (1): 41 - 45. DOI: 10.21608/fumj.2020.77470
Potential use of antigen-based rapid test for SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory specimens in low-resource settings in Egypt for symptomatic patients and high-risk contacts. Laboratory Medicine (2021); 52(2):e46-e49. DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmaa104
Implication of folate deficiency in CYP2U1 loss of function . J Exp Med. (2021); 218 (11):e20210846. DOI: 10.1084/jem.20210846
An SP1-binding site polymorphism in the COLIA1 gene and its relation to osteoporosis in Egyptian patients with Gaucher disease. The 6th Annual Summit on Rare Disease and Orphan and the 12th International Conference on Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases. Journal of Infectious Disease and Therapy (2022); Vol. 10:17